Pizza Pinwheels
Much of my love for cooking and baking came from my mom. I remember spending hours as a child sitting across from her at the breakfast bar watching her cook. Here is a delicious recipe she came up with, written in her own words.
Make one recipe of sweet roll dough. Here is the recipe I used, taken from the Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book: (However, I have changed the recipe a little bit, and wrote the instructions in my own words, to make them more fool proof.)
- 1 pkg active dry yeast
- 1 T sugar
- ¼ cup warm water
- 1 cup milk
- ¼ cup sugar
- ¼ cup shortening
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 cups flour (approximate)
- 1 egg
Mix the yeast, warm water and 1 T sugar in a small bowl. Set aside while working with other ingredients.
In a large bowl, mix milk, ¼ cup sugar, shortening and salt. Microwave about 1 ½ minutes, as your microwave dictates. Let cool until it just feels warm. With a wooden spoon, mix in 1 ½ cups flour, beating well. Add the egg and beat well. Pour in the yeast mixture and beat well. Add flour until a thick batter results. Stir from the bottom up until it is well mixed. (You may want to use your fingers a bit, but this dough is not as firm as bread dough.)
Cover, and let rise in the bowl for 1 ½ to 2 hours, until doubled in volume. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough to a thickness of about ¾ inches. Spread with pizza sauce, and top with whatever pizza toppings you like. I used miniature pepperoni rounds, sliced black olives and chopped fresh mushrooms. Top with grated mozzarella cheese. Roll up as for cinnamon rolls, and slice into 1 inch slices, placing the ends pieces cut-side-down, and the rest of the pieces any way you want (they’re both cut sides – don’t be silly!) on a baking sheet sprayed with no-stick spray. Cover and let rise for about ½ hour. Bake in a 375 degree oven for 15 to 20 minutes, until golden brown.
These look wonderful. We make something similar in our family, and we call it pizza bread. Love your recipes!
This looks like an awesome recipe. Can’t wait to try it!